Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Sunset Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Castle Shannon
Tract 42003476100 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 4,961 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 42003476100 runs through the Sunset Hills neighborhood of Castle Shannon. With 4,961 residents, it scores $1/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 38% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 29% of renter households, a moderate level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $980 a month against an average household income of $58,517 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 54% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units2,285
Renter share54.3%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$58,517
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Castle Shannon and the region
Centroid at 40.3676, -80.0230 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sunset Hills scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Castle Shannon
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$980 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Castle Shannon
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Castle Shannon
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Castle Shannon
4.0
How Sunset Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 44%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 1%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 35%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 398Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.65%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.2%Peak (2001)
- 64Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Sunset Hills. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sunset Hills
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Castle Shannon, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Allegheny County average of 5.6 and below the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 45th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 398 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 4.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.2% of renter households in 2001.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003476100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003476100?
Census tract 42003476100 in the Sunset Hills neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 42003476100?
Median gross rent is $980/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003476100?
8.4% of residents in tract 42003476100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,961.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003476100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 26th, minority 39th, housing 63th.
Q5
Is tract 42003476100 considered part of Sunset Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003476100 fall within Sunset Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003476100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 398 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003476100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.65% of renter households, peaking at 5.2% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003476100 compare to Castle Shannon overall?
Tract 42003476100 scores 3.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Castle Shannon at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Castle Shannon; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42003476100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Castle Shannon
Top eight tracts in Castle Shannon ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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